Chapter 141: Dedicated Jennifer

'Jennifer. Jefferson was injured while filming a movie! ’

'Jennifer. Jefferson crashed into the sea accident, and the special plane was rushed back to Los Angeles'

'J.J may be absent from the Venice Film Festival, Christopher and director Finch have already left for Italy'

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Although filming accidents are almost commonplace in Hollywood, and there are crew members who are injured every day because of their own work mistakes or miscommunication, Jennifer is a name that no one can ignore in Hollywood in recent years, and this accident is also quite dramatic, you know, not every star has the experience of falling from the bow of the ship, and insiders will notice that this is the second safety accident of the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Compared with the first accident, this time the accident was very noisy, and it directly made the headlines of several major media, and even more powerful media directly photographed the footage of Jennifer being sent into the ambulance from the special plane, in the photo, Jennifer was wearing a hospital gown, and there were several bandages on her forehead, although her face was blurred, but from the outline, there was no doubt that she was herself - in this way, she was a head injury, and she was sent back by a special plane, and the injury may be very serious.

Whether it is a big newspaper, a tabloid, or a variety of websites, while reporting on it at large length, of course, they also contacted their paparazzi and informants, and first dug up the hospital where J.J. was staying: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. And then they started to show their powers, and there were informants in the hospital, who paid a lot of money to buy J.J's case reports, and there were no informants in the hospital who simply started making things up, all for the sake of clicks and magazine sales...... Of course, according to the style of the major media, there is a strict difference between which media reacts and what happens, and magazines like "People" directly called Judy and asked her to reveal some exclusive information, including sensitive issues such as Jennifer's injury and whether Jennifer will file a lawsuit with the crew.

The tabloids, which were destined to be less popular with PR, were more straightforward, and they went straight with the sensational headline, 'Will 'Will 'Sally the Fifth' be Jennifer's last work?' ', 'Jennifer. Jefferson, the next James. Dean? ’。

It must be said that Jennifer's status and image have been recognized by the public, at least compared to her James. Dean - A superstar who died young in a car accident, not a genius who died of drug overuse. Phoenix......

The media report has certainly provoked a lot of feedback, whether it is an avid fan like Jon, or a usually silent supporter like Jon's mother, who is now worried about the news of Jennifer's injury, and even some more impulsive fans have planned to contact their friends who live nearby to hold some vigils to pray for Jennifer. - This is the only thing they can do for their idols if they don't live in Los Angeles, and as for the fans who live in Los Angeles, they have long gathered outside the medical center and put up signs in support of Jennifer.

In the spacious and tidy senior ward of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Jenny leaned back on the hospital bed and watched the TV report about herself boringly, and from her window view, she could not see the fans gathered at the door, only the beautiful garden in the hospital atrium, and she also had to check the movement at the door through the TV screen.

However, after waiting for a while and not seeing what she wanted, Jenny lost interest, and looking at one place for a long time still made her a little dizzy, so she raised her hand to turn off the TV, closed her eyes and tried to rest a little more - but she had slept so much these days that she could only lie down bored, hoping that the needle would work soon, and her concussion symptoms would be relieved soon.

The door to the hospital room was quietly pushed open, and Cesare's familiar footsteps came in, stopping at her bedside, "--The CT scan has come out, and there is no intracranial hematoma, which is good news." ”

Jenny was also relieved: at that time in Santo Domingo, Mary and she both thought that she would be fine when she woke up and was conscious, but there were some vomiting symptoms caused by heat stroke, and there was no one to communicate with at that time. It wasn't until Cesare brought an interpreter to the scene that the team knew that Jenny's dizziness and vomiting were a sign of a concussion, which meant that either her forehead and water surface were impacted when she entered the water, or that a railing debris hit the back of her head, or in short, her brain was hit. So the team immediately brought her back to Los Angeles, fearing that the concussion was just a precursor to a series of intracranial injuries. It was also at this time that Jenny knew that she had fallen from a height of more than ten meters or twenty meters, at a height equivalent to six or seven floors, in fact, the water surface already had a certain impact on the human body, not that if you fell into the water, the person would be fine.

Therefore, the photos taken by the media when she got off the plane were not deliberately contrived, at that time she was given drugs for headache and vomiting, and she was almost in a semi-comatose state, and she was not comfortable until she really settled down after being admitted to the hospital, but the cloud of intracranial hematoma and even more complex brain injury still lingered, and hearing Cesare's statement, Jeanne was finally relieved: the last thing she wanted to do was to face a craniotomy now when her career was just improving. "Great, when can I be discharged?"

"The hospital has put you in the hospital for three days," Cesare said, looking for a stool next to her bedside, "A lot of intracranial hematomas don't appear until a day or two after the impact, and the first CT can't rule out this concern." ”

"Well," Jenny sighed, "it looks like I'm really going to miss the Venice Film Festival." ”

"It doesn't matter," Cesare said in a calm and objective tone, "it didn't matter. ”

This is not that Cesare is comforting her, although any film that rushes to the Olympics cannot be simply released on a large scale - before the release, many films will choose to participate in film festivals around the world to create momentum, build reputation, and attract the attention of the judges, if the time is not coincidental, and it is not in time to catch up with the three major international exhibitions, then Sundance in January every year, various awards at the end of each year are also the focus of public relations, and a lot of public relations money is spent on this. -- However, the Oscars are generally not interested in the three major film festivals, and the three major film festivals do not favor American filmmakers so much, of course, it is impossible not to have an American win the award, Hollywood is the leader of the global film industry, and no film festival can bypass Americans. But in general, the Venice Film Festival still focuses on Europe, mainly European local films, and of course, excellent films from Asia, Australia and other regions will also enter their field of vision. So for Hollywood films, even if they send to the exhibition, they may not be able to win awards, and even if they win awards, they may not be helpful to the Oscars, that's what it means.

Moreover, "The Fifth Sally" is a psychological thriller, and it still has a certain commercial nature, even if the quality is good, it can't help David. Finch testified that the Oscar for Best Director, for the more artistic Venice Film Festival, there is not much hope of winning the award, the reason why Weinstein sent the film to the exhibition, in fact, is based on commercial considerations - even the most cold film festival, it is impossible to completely get rid of the smell of copper, every international film festival is accompanied by the international film fair, with the popularity of Jenny and Christopher, and David. Finci's golden signboard, during the film festival, I believe that "The Fifth Sally" can sign out the distribution rights of many countries, and if you are lucky, you may be able to earn back all the shooting costs this time.

Of course, this is also because the three companies are a little lacking, no matter how big Weinstein is, no matter how big he is, no matter how much he plays the Oscars, he can only go sideways in the United States and do a good job in American distribution, in the past, Miramax's international distribution was backed by Disney headquarters, and he didn't need to worry about it at all, but now he can only open the situation from Venice and establish his own international distribution system step by step - this can also reduce the cost of an expensive international copyright agent, for small-budget films, It makes a lot of sense to save this expense.

Of course, this is from the perspective of the producer, there is no hope of winning the award, so it doesn't matter if you go or not, but for Jenny, being able to go to Venice to walk the red carpet is also very helpful to shape the style, and Christopher is also the first time to cry at the international film festival, so both of them promised to go to the film festival before, and now she can't go, Valentino should also be disappointed: there is one less chance of exposure.

"It's still a loss for exposure after all." Jenny pointed to the TV, "So you're going to compensate with the injured news?" - When are you going to get Judy to tell the media that I'm not really a big deal? ”

Cesare's expression relaxed a little, "Seeing that you can still think, I'm starting to believe that you're fine...... It won't last long, and there should be news in a few hours. ”

Jenny made a questioning look, "How many hours?" ”

Her suspicion is reasonable, because it usually takes two to three days for the news to go from fermentation to dissemination, and the TV news and online news that morning may not have been printed in newspapers, let alone magazines, and if it is clarified now that she only suffered a concussion, the strength of the magazine's media coverage will definitely be weakened, which is contrary to Cesare's original intention of using this matter PR, and the more reasonable choice should be to keep it secret for a few days, and wait until the second CT comes out and Jenny is discharged from the hospital to announce that she is fine.

"When we flew to Santo Domingo, I had already informed the media that you were injured and unconscious, so there was already a report in the newspapers today," Cesare didn't have much trouble understanding her unfinished words, "It's a better rhythm to clarify the report tomorrow, otherwise the hype will be too obvious, after all, the delay in the official voice will make the public have a worse association." ”

Jenny nodded, and the slight movement made her feel sick to her stomach again, and she quickly lay back on the pillow, which was only slightly more comfortable, "Okay...... So when are you going to leave for Venice? ”

The Venice Film Festival will officially open the day after tomorrow, but Weinstein has already gone to explore the way to sell films, and Christopher has not returned to Hollywood at all, after all, there is no point in him staying - it is impossible for him to stay with Jenny, and after Jenny and the others got off the plane in Los Angeles, his plane was filled with fuel and flew straight to Italy. According to the scheduled itinerary, Cesare would accompany the two of them to Venice on the red carpet, because of Jeanne's business, he had already been delayed for a day.

"I'm not going." Cesare replied, "Chris alone is enough to handle it." ”

Jenny opened one eye and looked at him, Cesare looked back at her for a moment, and let out a soft sigh, "You have no immediate family, Jefferson, and I signed your admission papers. There's no way I'm going to leave LA until you're confirmed out of danger, otherwise what would you expect? When you're in danger, do you want Mary to sign your surgery sheet? ”

The United States, like China, also has a surgical consent form, of course, the patient can sign it by himself for the mild operation, but generally speaking, if it is a general anesthesia operation, the hospital will require the patient to be accompanied by a family member, so that in case of danger during the operation, they can get the family to sign in time for further treatment. Jenny let out an 'oh' and smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "I'm sorry for forgetting that I was a poor orphan. ”

"In your case, you should be glad you don't have a relative who wants to put you to death to get the inheritance," Cesare said with a cold face, taking a document from his briefcase, "just in time, you can sign the power of attorney." ”

"Is this a joke?" Jeanne laughed a few times until she felt a headache, and she took the power of attorney and looked at it, which was a legal document authorizing Cesare to be her designated agent during this hospitalization and subsequent treatment, and to make the necessary medical decisions for her while she was unconscious. "Alright, here you go."

"Good." Cesare put away his papers, his posture stiff.

There was silence in the room, and then Jeanne said almost at the same time as Cesare, "Do you want to watch TV?" "/"Would you like a glass of water?" ”

The two looked at each other, smiled almost at the same time (of course, Jenny was only brief-lived, her head was still a little dizzy), and Jenny said, "Aren't you going back to the office?" Chesa, I'm fine on my own. ”

Cesare leaned back and turned on the TVβ€”but lowered his voice, "Mary will be here in two hours, I'll leave then, Jim will come in the afternoonβ€”and Lillian will be with you in the evening." ”

Jenny's ward, of course, is very spacious, designed as a coat room, where family members can spend the night outside, and the washrooms are ready-made, and it is not a chore to accompany the bed, and the only task may be to make her not so boring. However, Jenny's heart was still warm, she nodded, closed her eyes and tried to rest for a while, but she didn't feel sleepy.

"Chesa." She said with her eyes closed.

Cesare with his throat 'Huh? 'Sighed.

"Do you have a will?" Jenny asked nonsensically - however, in the upper class of the United States, this is not a very bizarre thing, even in China, Chen Zhen's ex-father-in-law also drew up a will very early, which is actually the protection of family affection. After all, the more property you have, the greater the possibility of fighting for property after death, and after the death of some super-rich, because there is no will, the lawsuit can be fought for at least several decades, so the propertied class has the habit of drawing up a will in advance, after all, no one wants to have an ugly picture of parents and wives and children fighting for property as soon as they die.

"Yes." Cesare replied simply, he didn't seem to really want to talk about it.

"I don't have a will yet." Jenny didn't mean to ask too much, she just felt it. "You know, this incident made me realize that I needed a will."

"How are you going to divide your inheritance?" Cesare asked, "Donate to a charitable foundation?" ”

"I don't know." "It doesn't seem to make any sense," said Jenny, "just fattening some shameless people I don't knowβ€”and if that were the case, I might as well give you the money." Although you are also shameless, at least I know you. ”

Cesare let out a polite laugh, "Thank you for the compliment." - If you need a list of relatively clean and trustworthy charitable funds, I can give you a copy. ”

"Yes, you still have to believe that there are people in this world who do charity to help others." Jenny whispered, "This should be the most basic trust you have in the world. ”

"Often, the volunteer side of a charity is convinced that they are helping the world." "So it's true, no matter how much money is swallowed up at the top, and charitable foundations do operate on the human instinct of mutual aid," Cesare corrected. You have to believe that outside of Hollywood, the world is still a good place. ”

Jenny smiled briefly, "You say that makes me even less interested in what I'm doing now - I need a will, anyway, I need an authorized agent, or the next time my injuries are more serious, I probably won't be able to make decisions for myself without anyone signing it." ”

"I can introduce you to a probate lawyer." Cesare said.

Jenny nodded, "Thank you - I'll leave you an extra gift in my will." ”

"Just leave me the equity of Big Dream." Cesare's tone was serious, "You can leave personal debts to Lilian to inherit." ”

Jenny laughed, "yes - the equity is for you, the cash for Lillian and Mary, and some gifts for Claudia, Dave, Hollywood Star, Rob, Agata ...... Leaving a will really makes people look at your life, doesn't it? It will also give you the urge to continue your life, otherwise who will you leave your money - your achievements to? Ten years from now, who will remember your name? ”

"Objectively speaking, even if you leave it to your child, the probability that he will remember you in ten years is not too high." Cesare commented matter-of-factly, "However, if you are planning to have children, please let me know a year in advance." ”

"I'm not going to have children." Jenny shook her head and affirmed, "It's not on my schedule...... What about you, do you have any plans to have children? ”

"Not at the moment." "You can tell I'm not a family man. ”

Thinking of his confession, Jenny stopped asking, but smiled briefly, "Well, then we must be just as pathetic in the eyes of many people." ”

"It's not bad news for me," Cesare said calmly, "and I'm not subject to herd mentalityβ€”good news for you, Jefferson." ”

"What's the good news?" Jenny tilted her head curiously.

"You have managed to make it to my list of wills." Cesare was still a serious smiling man, "--If I die, you will get all the shares of Big Dream." ”

Jenny was stunned for a few seconds, then covered her mouth and glared at Cesare complainingly, "Don't make me laugh, I'll get a headache when I laugh...... Well, to change the topic to a less scary one, how are you going to continue the promotion next, don't tell me we're really going to sue the Pirates crew......"

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Thanks to Cesare and Judy's precise manipulation, well-informed fans were given the latest news that evening: J.J. had been confirmed to be non-life-threatening, and the results of the examination ruled out the possibility of a more serious brain injury, and now he was only hospitalized for a mild concussion.

The good news lifted the spirits of fans, and the artistry of the title made people see the words 'life in danger', 'more serious brain damage', and the final result' Mild concussion', instead of caring so much, in the impression of most people, Jennifer is not a big-name star who makes a fuss and rushes back to China for examination after being slightly injured, but a life-saving actor who escaped death, although she fell from a height and injured her head, and finally ended with a mild concussion, purely because she was lucky enough.

"It's really time for the crew to check out their filming facilities."

"J.J's misfortune reminds us of a lot of filming accidents, and we should be thankful that they didn't happen to her."

"Who is to blame for Jennifer's injury?"

Just as the Internet crowd was discussing these issues, the details of the matter were also exposed, and Jennifer's hospital examination report was also stolen, in addition to covering the social security number, Jenny's height, measurements and the doctor's diagnosis were all exposed to the media intact, in addition to the age and height are completely in line with the official information, proving Jennifer's honest character, what attracts attention is the doctor's conclusion: Jennifer has symptoms of dehydration, heat stroke, and slight malnutrition, and shallow bruises all over her bodyAccording to the patient's own report, it was caused by the blunt tip of the sword poked through the clothes during filming, and the patient reported soreness in the lower limbs, muscle paralysis and weakness, and several lacerations after examination......

"This is simply a child labor inspection report!"

"Did Jennifer go to the Caribbean and not to the sweatshops of Southeast Asia?"

"The crew is too harsh on the actors!"

Whether it is fans or non-fans, as long as it is the gossip masses, they are all mobilized by this report, some people smell the breath of a good show is about to be staged, some people simply think of their favorite stars from Jennifer, of course, there are people who really feel heartache for Jennifer, no matter what, the glamorous big star in the imagination is so scarred, this alone is enough to attract attention and trigger heated discussions......

As if to save the image of public opinion, the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean" also quickly spoke out, stating that the accident was an unfortunate accident, because the hull of the ship was greatly damaged by Hurricane Verma, and the maintenance workers did not notice the hidden danger of this railing - this is an antique old ship after all. In order to maintain the safety of the actors, they will put more footage into the studio afterwards.

Jennifer's team was quick to respond to the medical record, standing on the crew's side, "The crew is a safe and efficient crew, and it pays attention to protecting the safety of the actors, which is a complete unfortunate accident." The wound on the inspection report is actually not serious, it is a small injury left by Jennifer's many practice of martial arts, and the crew has provided Jennifer with a stand-in, but Jennifer insisted on not using a stand-in and went into battle to shoot the martial arts scene herself......"

Although many people criticized Jennifer for being completely crazy and disregarding their own personal safety, most fans also muttered 'Actually, it's okay for us to see the face and the performance, there is no need to watch martial arts', and more mean gossip people feel 'why bother, maybe the stand-in effect is not as good as the stand-in'...... However, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has fierce martial arts, and the information that the stars are in battle is still imperceptibly imprinted in the hearts of the audience, and for the Hollywood industry, 'Jennifer. Jefferson is a drama maniac, and in order to make a good film, he is willing to suffer any hardship' good impression, so he stayed......

As an international star, the news of Jennifer's absence from Venice due to injury has of course been reprinted by overseas media, and the organizing committee of the Venice Film Festival, which was originally looking forward to her to boost popularity, naturally learned the news a long time ago. However, like Hollywood industry colleagues, although it is very regrettable, these industry celebrities do not complain about Jennifer, as directors and senior actors, they don't say it, but in their hearts they appreciate this kind of spirit of torturing themselves for the sake of drama, otherwise, there would not be so many actors who make themselves fat and thin in order to save word of mouth for the Olympics - or as they themselves say, 'for the role' - to make themselves fat and thin, lose weight for a while and gain weight for a while, in short, they don't stop without harming their health......

"It's a thriller, but for the sake of Finch and poor little Jennifer, let's watch it first." Holding the copy disc sent by the filmmaker, the judge of this year's Venice Film Festival, French female director Claire. Dennis thought, "It's not a competition film anyway, it's good to have an appetizer......"

Although theoretically there will only be one copy sent to the jury, and the judges can only watch it at the screening room, these rules are flexible in many cases, and in order to make a fair selection of the competition films, many juries have repeatedly watched the competition films many times, and Claire decided to use "The Fifth Sally" as an appetizer first, laying the foundation for the subsequent film marathon.

In a few rooms of the luxury hotel in Venice, several of the seven judges also coincidentally made the same decision as her - the judges are also human beings, and they will also be affected by the news and public opinion......

The author has something to say: updated

Sorry for waiting for a long time, I wanted to change it early, but suddenly there was an urgent matter in the afternoon that dragged on for a long time :(

It's going to be a change tonight......